ABC Safety Glasses Posting Page
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Did you know a full 90% of eye injuries could be prevented simply by wearing proper eye protection? Whether you're on the job or at play, take your eye protection seriously, your vision may literally depend on it. ** Safety Glasses


A foreign object getting embedded in your eye is a possibility on a construction site or warehouse type of environment. If you have something get in your eye - do not rub it as it can scratch your cornea or eyeball or embed even further causing more injury to your eye. Instead of letting someone on the job remove it, get it looked at by a medical professional as quickly as possible. This is the best way to ensure only a minimum of damage is done to your eye.

Burns are serious and can continue to do damage even after flushing. If your warehouse or site doesn't have an eye washing station, check with your foreman to be sure one isn't needed; they are required by OSHA for many types of businesses that work with hazardous chemicals. ** Eyewear Dispensers Before you work with hazardous chemicals, read what to do in case of introduction to the eye. Some chemicals requires flushing with water, others will require the application of saline to dilute their caustic nature. Know completely the chemicals you work with before you begin using them, in case you need to know how to handle an emergency situation. Precious seconds will be ticking away while someone else tries to read the side of the container otherwise.

Both of these scenarios can be prevented by wearing protective eye wear on the job. There are two main types of safety equipment for the eyes. The first kind consists of lightweight plastic goggle-type eye protection that will normally accommodate other eye wear if you wear prescription glasses or need to wear sunglasses. The other type looks deceptively like regular fashion eye wear and will protect your eyes from debris but won't be the all around protection from chemicals.

Children should not be allowed to use toys that propel objects such as air guns or paintball guns without supervision. Improper usage of toys is one of the top ways that children (and some adults) suffer from sight-robbin eye injuries. Make sure your children are old enough to handle the responsibility of operating these types of toys understand the proper way to use them as well as basic safety precautions such as never pointing them at another person and always wearing eye protection during play with these types of toys.

Sports injuries are another common type of eye injury. Monocular blindness which is blindness in one eye is most often caused by sports related injuries and is second to the cataract as the cause of most of the blindness on one or both eyes in the world. If you play a recreational sport, be sure that you play it safely and wear eye protection.

Whenever you're at work or play make sure that your eyes receive the maximum attention for protection. It's a lot easier to put on your eye protection and have a day of work or fun than spend your day in the emergency room with an eye injury that could have been prevented. Work and play both smart and safe, always wear your eye protection.